According to Screen Rant, The Walking Dead and Fear The Walking Dead are both in for some major shake-ups. With the imminent departure of Andrew Lincoln looming, Chief Content Officer Scott Gimple who works on both productions hinted about an upcoming "big" announcement, saying: " We?re gonna have a family meeting, all of the Walking Dead fans ? people who haven?t watched the show, people who are going to watch the show ? we?re gonna talk about something really big soon.? The Walking Dead premieres Sunday, October 7 on AMC.